Counting-machine



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Patented July 26, 1921.

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CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE IVEEDER MANUFACTURING COMPANYOF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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Be it known that I', CURTIS .HUssnY YEnnn-R,

n a lcitizen of the United States, residing in` the city of Hartford, State `of Connecticut,

Ahave inventedk certain new and useful Im-.A

provements in' Counting-Machines, ofy which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings,

forming a part'hereof;

. In "another fag lication 'for Letters, Patent of theUnited tates, Serial #360,248, filed .February 20,1920,- there is shown and' described a counting machine in which the transmission; of motion from the actuating shaft to the resetting shaft, by which the number wheels which have been moved in counting operations are reset to zero, is effected through a :form of planetary gearing, injwhich the rotation of the transmitting l an y'faxternal axis.

gears on their axes is accomplished through the'p'a'rtial revolution of such gears about Such form of planetary gearing permits the incorporation of the de vices `forl"`actuating the resetting shaft with the counting and resetting devices in compact"form,`s,ecures such pefect balancing of l the partsy that very little resistance to operai tion isoii'ered andthe necessity of vextreme accuracy in the machining of yparts is avoid ed and'permits a construction which is comparatively simple and inexpensive. By the present invention the same general results are obtained, but with a slightly different form of transmitting devices, which are not strictly of the planetary type. The invention'will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawin sin which it is illustrated and in whichigure l is a View in elevation of a counting machine in which the invention is emb0died,the casing beingpartly broken away to'show the parts within.

Fig. 2 is a view'in transverse section on the plan'e indicated by the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows. l 7

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section on the plane indicated by the broken line 3--3 of Figs. l and 4:, looking in the direction of the arrows.-Y

Fig. 4 is a partial view in longtiudinal section on the plane indicated by the broken line 4-4 of Fig. 2, lookingI in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a partial View vin longitudinal sec- Specicaton of Letters Patent. Patented July 26|, 1921.

`Application mea Ap'rii 15,

1920. serial No. 374,085f,

tion on the plane indicated by thej broken line 5-5k of Fig. 2, looking inthe direction ofthearrows.v`

gFigs. 6, 7 and 8 are views similar respectively to Figs. 2, 4 and 5, but showing a Lmodification, F 6 being a view in transverse section on the planeindica'ted by the broken line 6 6 of Fig.7,Fig. 7 being a partialview in longitudinal section on the 'plane indicated by the broken line 7--7 fof Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 being a partial view in longitudinal section on'the plane indicated by the brokenline 8 8 on Fig. 6.

- IThe numbering mechanism may be of any usual vor suitable construction, the present invention. not being directly concerned therewith. So far as the same is .represented in the drawings it may comprise a numbering lshaft shown at' ai in Fig. l, with an armKY as for connection to the part, the movements of whichare t`o be counted, a series of numbei' wheels a4 mounted upon a common axis, a pawl frame a5 connected to the shaft a and by whichthe number wheels are driven for# ward, and a resettino shaft ZJ, which seats at one end in the end of theshaft a., constitutes the common support for the number wheels a5, and is provided with means, known in the art, by which, through the oscillation of the resetting shaft, those number,v wheels which have been moved in successive count- -ing operations are reset to Zero when the counting operation has been completed. All of the parts thus far referred to, including the devices actuated by the resetting shaft for setting the number wheels to zero, may be of any usual or suitable construction, the present inventionA bein v concerned with the means for actuating tie resetting shaft I). Referring first to the construction shown in Figs. 1-5, it will be seen that the end wall c of the casing c is pr vided with a hub c2 l Each gearsegment f is pivoted on a pin g carried by a plate g,.and has secured ed as at d2, on

thereto, as by rivets, as indicated in Fig. 3, a gear segment it which meshes with the gea-r teeth b formed on the resetting shaft Y). The plate g is supported so as to be capable of limited sidewise movement, for the purpose of compensating for any irregularities or inaccuracies'in the gear segments and cooperating parts, by pins g2 which are received loosely in holes c2 formed in ears e3 of f cillation of the shaft d, under the pressure ofthe operators finger, effects an oscillation of the gear segments f and t and a consequent-oscillation of the resetting shaft The extent of angular movement of the shaft is about 321i@ anch is therefore sufficient to return to the zero position every number wheel which has been driven forward, whether it has been driven'forward through one number space or more up to nine. Through the gear ratios of the eoacting gear segments and gear teeth on the shaft b, an oscillation of the actuating shaft CZ through about 620 is sufficient to effect the full oscillation of the resetting shaft at about 3240 sothat the resetting can be effected with a slight, movement of the finger and therefore with igreat rapidity.

In the'. construction shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the transmitting mechanism between the operating shaft and the resetting shaft functions substantially like that already described, but the construction is slightly 'dif-- ferent. The fianges (Z5 'on opposite sides of the axis of the actuating shaft d are guided as before in an aperture -e of the plate 6, but instead of-being formed with teeth to engagea gear segment, each ange is formed with a lug d which engages a radial slot 'c3 of the plate e, so that limited sidewise movement of the plate g and therefore of the gear segments h2 is permitted. The

mode of-operation of the construction shown in Figs. 6, and 8 will beunderstood without further explanation.

It will be understood that various changesK in details of construction and arrangement can be made to suit different conditions of use and that the invention, therefore, is not limited to the precise construction shown and described herein except as pointed out in the claims.

I claim as my invention l. In a resetting mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a toothed resetting shaft, an actuating shaft in line with the-resetting shaft, a pivotally mounted gear segment in mesh with 'the resetting shaft, means to support the gear segment andmeans whereby 1through oscillation of the actuating shaft the'gear segment is os- -cillated on its pivot.

2. In a resetting mechanism for a numbering machine,` the combination of a' toothed resetting shaft, an actuating shaft in line with the resetting shaft, a plate mounted within the casing of the machine, a gear segment pivotally supported on said plate and in mesh with the toothed reseting shaft and means whereby through oscillation of the actuating shaft the gear'segment is oscillated on its support.

3. In a. resetting mechanism .for a num- 5. In a resetting mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a resetting shaft, an actuating shaft, a pair of gear segments in operative relation with the actuating shaft and with the resetting shaft and oscillated by the oscillation of the actuating shaft, and supporting means 'on which said gear segments are pivotally mounted,

said supporting means havingfreedom for limited sidewivse movement.

6. In a resetting mechanism for a numbering machine, the combination of a toothed resetting shaft, an actuating shaft having toothed flanges, apair of gear segments in operative engagement with the toothedV flanges of the actuating shaft, a second pair of gear segments secured to the first and in operative engagement with the resetting shaft, and a support upon which said gear Segments are pivotally mounted, said support having freedom forv limited. sidewise movement.

vThis specification signed .this 5th day of April, A. D. 1920. l i

CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER.

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